Faculty document 2911 amended and approved Resolution in Support of Instruction and Training On Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
Resolutions
Proposal to Adjust the Spring Semester 2021 Academic Calendar
Proposal to adjust the spring semester 2021 academic calendar passed at special session of Faculty Senate, September 14, 2020.
Proposed Recommendations for System Restructuring in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
We write today on behalf of the faculty of UW-Madison to express concern about the Blueprint for the University of Wisconsin System Beyond COVID-19 presented by UW System President Ray Cross to the UW System Board of Regents on May 7, 2020. While much of the plan has appropriate recommendations for response to the pandemic and re-opening of campuses, we are troubled that it was developed without adequate shared governance consultation…..
Resolution to Support UW-Madison DACA Employees
As approved by the Faculty Senate May 4, 2020 (Fac doc 2894) WHEREAS employees at UW-Madison who are qualified for employment under Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status are under extreme stress; WHEREAS a …
Resolution on Our Shared Future: UW-Madison and the Ho-Chunk Nation
As approved by the Faculty Senate May 4, 2020 (Fac doc 2893) Our Shared Future: UW-Madison and the Ho-Chunk Nation Resolution WHEREAS UW-Madison has occupied ancestral Ho-Chunk land since time immemorial; WHEREAS the Ho-Chunk nation …
Resolution Calling for Emergency and Helpline Numbers to be Added to Faculty/Staff Wiscards
As approved by the Faculty Senate March 2, 2020 (Fac doc 2880) WHEREAS, the Associate Students of Madison’s Student Council passed the Wiscard Emergency Contact Resolution (26-1002-02) on October 13th, 2019, which called for emergency …
Resolution Endorsing the Wiscard Emergency Contact Resolution passed by the Associated Students of Madison
As approved by the Faculty Senate December 2, 2019 (Fac doc 2862) WHEREAS, over 200 universities including Ohio State, Northwestern University, University of Illinois, University of Maryland, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, Brown University, …
Resolution Objecting to the Composition of the University of Wisconsin System President Search and Screen Committee
As approved by the Faculty Senate December 2, 2019 (Fac doc 2861) WHEREAS, the Search and Screen Committee for the UW System President announced on November 1, 2019 consists of five Regents, one former Regent, …
Resolution to Celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the “Sifting and Winnowing” Quote
As approved by the Faculty Senate, November 4, 2019 (Fac doc 2853) WHEREAS, the UW Board of Regents unanimously adopted a report on September 18, 1894 that found Professor Richard Ely innocent of charges related …
Resolution Calling on the TSA Review Committee of the University of Wisconsin System to Ask TIAA to Address Transparency Issues Related to Deforestation Risk and Rural Land Grabs
As approved by the Faculty Senate April 1, 2019 WHEREAS, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison mission statement, “The primary purpose of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is to provide a learning environment in which faculty, …